Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net writes: If possible I would start over with a new signature and scan, at 300 DPI or above, with black ink on white paper. Scan in 'Lineart' settings, so you don't have shades of grey. In the Gimp, set the mode to Color and proceed: Then, applying the filter Colors Color to Alpha would produce a much more acceptable result. The more uniform the color and texture of the paper (or etc.) used, the more certain the result. When downscaling the result, you'll get nice anti-aliasing based on transparency. -- Johan ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
On 02/16/2013 11:16 AM, Denise Hamilton wrote: I am working on a webpage to sell my photography. I am trying to create text with my copyright information on the photos so that they cannot be copied (pirated). I have read the GIMP documentation and experimented with adding text to the photo. I cannot find how to make the text visible but not solid. I do not want it to impact the viewing of the photos. Someone once told me I needed to create a "mask" to do this or a custom brush. Someone here on the gimp-user list said i could do it just with the text tool. Any help you can offer will be appreciated. Last summer I made an effort to explore various watermark techniques which were doable using The GIMP. The most fascinating method I found was explained in one particular web tutorial which I am sure I bookmarked, saved to my hard drive, or both and will simply need to relocate in order to point you to it if you'd like to pursue it. The basic idea is to create and save in your ".gimp-2.x" directory a tiled pattern file (i.e. "filename.pat") which contains the text of your copyright notice and/or anything else you want your watermark to contain. I believe the text was opaque and white on a transparent background. You then load into The GIMP an image you wish to watermark. Add a transparent layer above it and "flood fill" that layer with your white watermark pattern. Then you perform a couple of funky image tricks on it before turning the opacity of the watermark layer down to almost but not quite zero. At that point it becomes virtually invisible and most people will never know it's there. Then to reveal the watermark should you ever need to prove the image is yours in a court of law or whatever... Just load into The GIMP both your unwatermarked original and the watermarked copy as two separate layers. Then change the layer mode of the upper layer to "Grain Extract" or whatever it is - I cannot right now remember. The parts which are common to both images will be opaque gray but the parts which are different (i.e. the watermark itself) will become clearly visible. This technique survives pretty much every known technique intended to defeat watermarking. I was very impressed with the idea of it. Myke ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
On 02/16/2013 11:16 AM, Denise Hamilton wrote: I am working on a webpage to sell my photography. I am trying to create text with my copyright information on the photos so that they cannot be copied (pirated). I have read the GIMP documentation and experimented with adding text to the photo. I cannot find how to make the text visible but not solid. I do not want it to impact the viewing of the photos. Someone once told me I needed to create a mask to do this or a custom brush. Someone here on the gimp-user list said i could do it just with the text tool. Any help you can offer will be appreciated. This looks to be the watermark tutorial page to which I referred in my previous post. http://www.gimpdome.com/gimp-general-use/hidden-watermarks-in-gimp There's a little extra work required to do it - and a few practice runs of concealing and revealing the watermark will be in order before you master it, but I can't think of a better, less visually intrusive way of watermarking images than this. Myke ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
You could try this: http://farbspiel-photo.com/learn/hdr-cookbook/creative-watermarking It was posted on Flickr gimpuser group. The question would be convert to some sort of script for Gimp... On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 5:27 AM, Myke C. Subs s...@mykec.net wrote: On 02/16/2013 11:16 AM, Denise Hamilton wrote: I am working on a webpage to sell my photography. I am trying to create text with my copyright information on the photos so that they cannot be copied (pirated). I have read the GIMP documentation and experimented with adding text to the photo. I cannot find how to make the text visible but not solid. I do not want it to impact the viewing of the photos. Someone once told me I needed to create a mask to do this or a custom brush. Someone here on the gimp-user list said i could do it just with the text tool. Any help you can offer will be appreciated. This looks to be the watermark tutorial page to which I referred in my previous post. http://www.gimpdome.com/gimp-general-use/hidden-watermarks-in-gimp There's a little extra work required to do it - and a few practice runs of concealing and revealing the watermark will be in order before you master it, but I can't think of a better, less visually intrusive way of watermarking images than this. Myke ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
I apologize if this goes out twice. I believe my first effort bounced. On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net wrote: It's usually better just to have an opaque signature: it's harder to remove and can become a part of the artwork. Browsing and reading this I'm reminded of my problem w/signature brush. Several years ago, I made a brush by signing my name in black ink onto a white paper and scanning that paper. I use it unobtrusively in bottom right corner when I print photos to frame for gallery showings. The problem is this: I can't remember how I made the background transparent. I have about 12 sig brushes which are no good because with all of them, I used an eraser to get the white background off -- messy. I know there is a good method of doing this -- I did it years ago -- but I've tried many times over many months, and can't recall how I made the signature black with transparent background. Does my question make sense? How is that done? (The brush I made successfully has my name with 2008, and I just erase the date every time I use it, but I'd like to know how to do it again and do it right.) -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse 12 ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
Am 19.02.2013 17:33, schrieb Helen: I apologize if this goes out twice. I believe my first effort bounced. On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net mailto:l...@holoweb.net wrote: It's usually better just to have an opaque signature: it's harder to remove and can become a part of the artwork. Browsing and reading this I'm reminded of my problem w/signature brush. Several years ago, I made a brush by signing my name in black ink onto a white paper and scanning that paper. I use it unobtrusively in bottom right corner when I print photos to frame for gallery showings. The problem is this: I can't remember how I made the background transparent. I have about 12 sig brushes which are no good because with all of them, I used an eraser to get the white background off -- messy. I know there is a good method of doing this -- I did it years ago -- but I've tried many times over many months, and can't recall how I made the signature black with transparent background. Does my question make sense? How is that done? (The brush I made successfully has my name with 2008, and I just erase the date every time I use it, but I'd like to know how to do it again and do it right.) -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse 12 ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list Color - Color to Transparency Gunold (Did you see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50sAOfg8hnU ) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
On 02/19/2013 11:56 AM, Gunold Brunbauer wrote: Color - Color to Transparency a.k.a. Colors Color to Alpha :o) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
I guess I need more detail. I've done this, and I'm attaching the result. In case attachments aren't allowed, or you can't see it, I'll tell you that there is messy white space all the way around the sig. The steps I took were to open the scanned sig, copy, paste as brush, and then used it to sign a pix. White mess all around. Thanks for any help - I think I just need more detail. On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net wrote: On 02/19/2013 11:56 AM, Gunold Brunbauer wrote: Color - Color to Transparency a.k.a. Colors Color to Alpha :o) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse11.4 sig13.xcf Description: Binary data ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
Sorry!!! I can't see to do this in one mailing! I did do the color - color to alpha before I did the copy/paste as brush. Thanks for your patience. On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Helen etter...@gmail.com wrote: I guess I need more detail. I've done this, and I'm attaching the result. In case attachments aren't allowed, or you can't see it, I'll tell you that there is messy white space all the way around the sig. The steps I took were to open the scanned sig, copy, paste as brush, and then used it to sign a pix. White mess all around. Thanks for any help - I think I just need more detail. On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.netwrote: On 02/19/2013 11:56 AM, Gunold Brunbauer wrote: Color - Color to Transparency a.k.a. Colors Color to Alpha :o) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse11.4 -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse11.4 ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
I've created a quick screencap. Hopefully, this will clear any misunderstandings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXKPKMiUko8 bw, Tobias Lunte//Tobl Am 19.02.2013 18:22, schrieb Helen: I guess I need more detail. I've done this, and I'm attaching the result. In case attachments aren't allowed, or you can't see it, I'll tell you that there is messy white space all the way around the sig. The steps I took were to open the scanned sig, copy, paste as brush, and then used it to sign a pix. White mess all around. Thanks for any help - I think I just need more detail. On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net mailto:ad...@pilobilus.net wrote: On 02/19/2013 11:56 AM, Gunold Brunbauer wrote: Color - Color to Transparency a.k.a. Colors Color to Alpha :o) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org mailto:gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse11.4 ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
On 02/19/2013 01:37 PM, Burnie West wrote: It looks to me like the original signature scan had the artifacts around it. Same here - and very low resolution. The signature itself is only 64 x 142 pixels, and the artifacts look like they could have come from scaling an earlier copy in an indexed format. If possible I would start over with a new signature and scan, at 300 DPI or above, with black ink on white paper. Then, applying the filter Colors Color to Alpha would produce a much more acceptable result. The more uniform the color and texture of the paper (or etc.) used, the more certain the result. Or you could go in a whole other direction, make a vector path from the available signature, stroke it with an oblong brush with its angle and hardness tweaked, and use the result. This would be a typical part of creating a logo from a signature. Just for an exercise, I did that: http://pilobilus.net/xfer/helen.zip Picture worth way more than a thousand words. :o) Steve ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
Thank you! I'm going through it now. Open Source users are such a generous lot! Thanks On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Tobias Lunte tobias.lu...@hfg-gmuend.dewrote: I've created a quick screencap. Hopefully, this will clear any misunderstandings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXKPKMiUko8 bw, Tobias Lunte//Tobl Am 19.02.2013 18:22, schrieb Helen: I guess I need more detail. I've done this, and I'm attaching the result. In case attachments aren't allowed, or you can't see it, I'll tell you that there is messy white space all the way around the sig. The steps I took were to open the scanned sig, copy, paste as brush, and then used it to sign a pix. White mess all around. Thanks for any help - I think I just need more detail. On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.netwrote: On 02/19/2013 11:56 AM, Gunold Brunbauer wrote: Color - Color to Transparency a.k.a. Colors Color to Alpha :o) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse11.4 ___ gimp-user-list mailing listgimp-user-list@gnome.orghttps://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse11.4 ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
Wow! I've never done a vector path, but what you did is so clear and clean that I only wish I had not cropped off my last name before sending the file! Is vector path a gimp tool? I'll look it up. Something new to learn. Thank you! Helen On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net wrote: On 02/19/2013 01:37 PM, Burnie West wrote: It looks to me like the original signature scan had the artifacts around it. Same here - and very low resolution. The signature itself is only 64 x 142 pixels, and the artifacts look like they could have come from scaling an earlier copy in an indexed format. If possible I would start over with a new signature and scan, at 300 DPI or above, with black ink on white paper. Then, applying the filter Colors Color to Alpha would produce a much more acceptable result. The more uniform the color and texture of the paper (or etc.) used, the more certain the result. Or you could go in a whole other direction, make a vector path from the available signature, stroke it with an oblong brush with its angle and hardness tweaked, and use the result. This would be a typical part of creating a logo from a signature. Just for an exercise, I did that: http://pilobilus.net/xfer/helen.zip Picture worth way more than a thousand words. :o) Steve ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse11.4 ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
On 02/19/2013 04:26 PM, Helen wrote: Wow! I've never done a vector path, but what you did is so clear and clean that I only wish I had not cropped off my last name before sending the file! Is vector path a gimp tool? I'll look it up. Something new to learn. Thank you! I was looking for excuses to do exercises with the GIMP, part of getting used to the new interface. Among the many improvements in 2.8, nodes and paths - in both the Lasso a.k.a. Free Select tool, and the Path drawing tool, are easier to SEE against the background of the image on canvas. Yay! The Paths Tool in the GIMP is its built in vector drawing tool. The toolbox button that turns it on looks like a pen nib. There is also a dockable dialog for managing paths, where they are handled in a way similar to Layers. This dock includes push button commands to convert selections to paths, paths to selections, and has the stroke tool for painting along paths - using the current brush, or as a line with adjustable options. Making paths in the GIMP is a portable skill: The same type of editing interface - bezier curves - is also found in full time vector editors like Inkscape, and in CAD programs. Drawing with nodes and handles has a moderate learning curve, but I think it's well worth the effort. The signature took just a few minutes to make, using the sample provided as a guide. I went looking for tutorials to point at, but came up mostly empty. Grokking The GIMP, where I learned the basics, is getting very obsolete - the Paths dock dialog and etc. have changed a lot since it was written for GIMP 1.x. With that caveat: http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html?node36.html (See Subsection 3.1.1.4 Bezier Paths) This video provides a run through with GIMP 2.8 that should get anybody well started on their own experimentation with GIMP curves. Major clue: To adjust node handles symmetrically, hold down the shift key! Otherwise they move independently. http://jimmac.musichall.cz/demos/gimp/paths-tool2.avi Note: I don't know why this video shows the use of Transform tools on the canvas; you can't Transform vector paths in the GIMP, as far as I know. To make sense of the cube part, see: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Drawing_Shapes/ :o) Steve ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
I am working on a webpage to sell my photography. I am trying to create text with my copyright information on the photos so that they cannot be copied (pirated). I have read the GIMP documentation and experimented with adding text to the photo. I cannot find how to make the text visible but not solid. I do not want it to impact the viewing of the photos. Someone once told me I needed to create a mask to do this or a custom brush. Someone here on the gimp-user list said i could do it just with the text tool. Any help you can offer will be appreciated. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] Creating Transparent Text
On 16.02.2013 17:16, Denise Hamilton wrote: I have read the GIMP documentation and experimented with adding text to the photo. I cannot find how to make the text visible but not solid. Lower the opacity of the text layer in the layers dock. http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-dialogs-structure.html#gimp-layer-dialog -- Regards, Michael ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
